Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Top China dealmaker set to leave Deutsche Bank

Before Deutsche he was a top China rainmaker at UBS

Japan’s government plans to name a private-equity executive as the first chief investment officer of the nation’s $1.1 trillion public pension fund

The appointment would put the 49-year-old from central Japan in control of the world’s biggest fund of its kind as the GPIF tries to increase its returns by investing more aggressively.

Surprise departure at Japanese banking group

Has resigned his position after just 18 months to concentrate instead on work in the charitable sector.

Citi bolsters India with new ECM chief

Vashistha will report to Ravi Kapoor, head of corporate and investment banking at Citi India

International law firm adds Edwards Wildman partner in Hong Kong

International law firm has picked up Edwards Wildman Palmer insurance partner Martin Lister in Hong Kong.

Chi-X Australia Appoints New Head of Market Operations

Chi-X Australia Appoints New Head of Market Operations as Trading Turnover Tops A$20 billion in October

NAB appoints private wealth manager

NAB has appointed a New South Wales general manager to its private wealth division

Bank of Singapore appoints new CEO

He replaces Renato de Guzman, who will retire as CEO from end-January

UBS Hires Credit Suisse’s Bouvier as Head of Industrials

Bouvier will also be head of UBS’s sector groups for Europe, the Middle East and Asia

Westpac CEO exits

The bank booked its fifth straight year of record profit this month on robust loan growth and low bad debts.

Credit Suisse Group AG's top investment banker for Chinese financial firms,

The Swiss bank is yet to name a successor for the role.

CITIC-Prudential GM quits for personal reasons

Generally speaking, former GMs and other senior executives have likely been recruited by other asset managers

Nikko AM makes three senior hires

Nikko AM has bulked up its investment capabilities with a number of key hires this year

ASK Group ropes in Deepak Rattan from Barclays as private wealth advisory unit COO

The firm has also brought in a new HR chief.

Zurich promotes Australian CEO, names new local head

Zurich Financial Services Australia has given the current chief executive of its life and investments business, Colin Morgan, the role of chief executive of its global life division for the Asia Pacific region.

SGX sets up board-level inquiry following recent outage

The SGX Board of Directors has set up a board level inquiry committee following the breakdown on 5 November 2014.

Northern Trust names Philippine country head

Kenee, who joined Northern Trust in 1994, was most recently chief operations officer for Northern Trust Asset Management across Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Ex-Ignis chief Samuel appointed to JPM Japanese trust board

Paulson-Ellis, who has been on the board since 1996, will retire from the trust following its AGM.

Standard Chartered Hong Kong hires Woody Chan from China Citic bank

Chan will report to May Tan

Son of a former Chinese premier steps down as CEO of CICC

Lin Shoukang, a managing director of the firm, will act as CEO while the board searches for a replacement.

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